Category Archives: Budgets
Pembroke’s Budget Shortfall
Pembroke has a budget shortfall of $977,000.00. It is making the news. People find it hard to understand – especially Pembroke taxpayers. Here is a very simple glimpse into what may be the problem. Pembroke has a Budget Committee. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, CNHT, Debt/Spending, Education
Tagged Budget, CNHT, Ed Naile, Pembroke, Shortfall
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Timberlane Budget Committee Tells Metzler to Cut Spending
In an astonishing turn of events, the Timberlane Budget Committee voted tonight to instruct Dr. Metzler to cut $5.5 million from the next budget draft. The superintendent has been instructed to return with a $69.6 million draft II budget. The first … Continue reading
How Small School Budget Increases Result in Large Town Tax Increases
My first year on the Timberlane School District Budget Committee was one of utter befuddlement. The budcom passed a budget with a seemingly modest increase of 1.98%. To my subsequent surprise and horror, Sandown’s school taxes went up 9.5%. How … Continue reading
In 10 N.H. Cities, Voters Send Mixed Signals on Keno
Rochester appears to be the community most divided over whether to allow Keno within city limits – the game passed there by a mere one vote, according to results from the local clerk’s office as of late Tuesday night. Otherwise, … Continue reading
Another Round of Abortion Provider Contracts Coming to Exec Council
The New Hampshire Executive Council will take up ten family planning contracts on Wednesday, November 8, three of them with known abortion providers. The Council meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the Council chambers on the second floor of … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Budgets, Debt/Spending, Leaven for the Loaf
Tagged Abortion, budgets, EC, Planned Parenthood
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HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER REACTS TO STATE REVENUE REPORT
CONCORD- House Majority Leader Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) issued a statement relative to the state revenue report published Thursday, in which stated the following: “Business Taxes for October totaled $25.7 million, which were $0.9 million (3.6%) above plan and $8.1 million … Continue reading
Kathy Sullivan Admits That SB 193 Will Give Public Schools Money For Nothing
Former New Hampshire Democrat Party Chair Kathy Sullivan, writing in the New Hampshire Union Leader today, admits that passage of SB 193 will give public schools money for students they won’t have to teach. | Keep Reading at GraniteGrok
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Democrats, Education
Tagged ESA's, Kathy Sullivan, Private School, SB 193, taxes
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Shaheen, Hassan Should Explain Vote to Keep State and Local Tax Deduction
CONCORD — U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan should explain why they voted against ending the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes, which aids high-tax states at the expense of New Hampshire, Andrew Cline, interim president of … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Democrats, taxes
Tagged Deductions, Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, taxes
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New Hampshire’s Hassan Administration Fallout Continues
Current Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut estimates $3 million could be at risk, and says he’s corrected the way the state accounts for the grant money. Accepting money from the federal government always comes with strings attached. If Uncle Sam is … Continue reading
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Tagged DoE, Education, Federal Funds, Maggie Hassan
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Despite Lapse in CHIP Funding, N.H. DHHS Says Coverage Doesn’t Face Imminent Risk
At least for now, New Hampshire seems to be in a better position than other states to weather a lapse in federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, after Congress failed to reauthorize it by last week’s … Continue reading
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